Library
Our library contains documents held on the Improvement Service site together with links to documents held externally. A list of websites which also hold publications and information useful to those working in local government is available in our Information Sources section.
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Voluntary and Community Sector
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Full programme for the 'Volunteering - Shaping the Future' event to be held on 28 March 2012 in Perth.
This OECD report looks at innovative approaches to co-production based on research conducted in 26 countries worldwide, including the UK. It sets out the case for co-production, including its potential benefits, and provides an overview and analysis of the practices of different countries.
The third sector already makes a significant contribution to improving the way Scotland’s health and care needs are met. But with increasing demand due to an ageing population, rising expectations, new technologies and with budgets being stretched further and further, now is the time to examine how we can do thing differently. More of the same is not an option. This document demonstrates opportunities for the NHS, and national and local government to work more efficiently with the third sector to maximise effectiveness.
